Life of PI Pi is on the lifeboat

Life of PI

Pi is on the lifeboat for 227 days.

Suraj Sharma, was never in the boat with a live tiger. Most of the tiger shots were CGI. Only a few scenes, like the tiger swimming in the water, included a real tiger.

The lead actor of the movie Suraj Sharma had no experience in acting

The carnivorous island has the shape of a lying Vishnu (a Hindu deity), and can be seen in a long shot of the island.

Most of the oceans that you see, were actually shot in a huge swimming pool they created at an unused airstrip in Taiwan.

It took Rhythm & Hues one year to build Richard Parker.

More than 3, 000 actors auditioned for the lead role of Pi.

Life of Pi has sold more than seven million copies worldwide and won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2002.

Suraj did not know how to swim at the start of the film.

physical and performance references. Animal trainer Thierry Le Portier (Gladiator) found three of the four key animals in France and one in Canada. Their names: King, Min, Themus and Jonas

Suraj Sharma never intended to audition for the role; it was his brother who was set to read for the part and Suraj only agreed to accompany him to the audition in return for a Subway sandwich.

All of Irrfan Khan's scenes had to be reshot, at director Ang Lee's request

Tobey Maguire was originally cast as the Writer, but director Ang Lee later went with Rafe Spall for the part instead

Question time • Piscine Molitor Patel is named after?

a swimming pool

Pi’s father runs what company?

Pondicherry Zoo

Pi’s father teaches him and his brother, Ravi, a lesson about wild animals by?

feeding a wild goat to a tiger

Which of the following religions does Pi not practice? • Islam • Christianity • Buddhism • Hindu

When they set sail, Pi’s family is headed to

Canada

Pi sees an orangutan named Orange Juice floating on a raft made of

bananas

In the lifeboat’s locker, Pi discovers cans full of

water

Which becomes Pi’s most valuable tool in training Richard Parker? • A whip • A whistle • An oar • A megaphone

The first time Pi kills a fish for food, he

cries

Pi decides to leave the strange floating island because

the vegetation is man eating

Pi’s raft washes ashore near the small town of Tomatlán in

Mexico